Example Cloud-Init for Ansible

Example config for cloud-init to execute ansible playbook for provisioning.

Provisioning Prep

• Added packages - git, python3, python3-pip
• Added user - ansible
• Provisioned user with sudo
• Installed ansible for user

Provisioning

• Clone git repo with ansible provisioning
• Install requirements for playbook using galaxy
• Execute playbook against localhost

Testing

Credit: Tested with vagrant image from @geerlingguy's Ansible for Devops

Multi-step Test Process

vagrant up
vagrant halt
. cloud-init-env.shl
vagrant up

Testing with vagrant requires multipe steps:

• installing cloud-init on vm
• stopping vm
• enable vagrant's experimental cloud-init features
• restart vm to provision with cloud-init